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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Monitoring Electron Spin Decoherence in Correlations of Sequential Weak Measurement by Faraday Rotation

Ren‐Bao Liu, Shu Hong Fung, Hok-Kin Fung, Alexander N. Korotkov, Lu Jeu Sham

Published Jan 1, 2009• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show in theory that the electron spin decoherence, excluding the inhomogeneous broadening effect, can be seen in the third-order correlation function of sequential weak quantum measurement by Faraday rotation.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2009.itul1

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